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- Publisher: Vintage Canada 2002 (2002)
- ASIN: B003920BJ6
- Average Customer Review: 4.1 out of 5 stars See all reviews (10 customer reviews)
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3 of 3 people found the following review helpful
4.0 out of 5 stars
Foodie-Interesting: Mystery Reader- Worth reading,
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This review is from: Stanley Park (Hardcover)
Anyone interested in cooking should read this book. The back-of-house descriptions are interesting in the same way as 'Kitchen Confidential'. The bonus is that there is a murder mystery embedded in this book. The Bloods and Crips thing is very interesting, as is the startup of a big-time gourmet resturant.
2 of 2 people found the following review helpful
4.0 out of 5 stars
A début dish with gusto, nicely plated...,
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This review is from: Stanley Park (Paperback)
...but some of its elements fiddle around a bit too much with the old taste buds.The bulk of Taylor's first effort is assured, rich, with touches of flair you should expect from a rookie. He is, as I am wont to say, a writer's writer through about 80% of the book. You know you're in the hands of someone who sets his heights high, and for the most part, attains these altitudes. Indeed, it's a joy to be along for the journey. However, at several points, he goes entirely off the rails, or, to maintain the culinary theme, mixes up his courses, gets distracted with ingredients he probably should have left on the shelf, and serves up something tepid. I was not satisfied with how he intertwined the narrative threads. I didn't like the elements that were left unresolved. And mostly, I thought the pronounced style change at the novel's conclusion was...well...tepid. I've given it such a high mark mostly because I appreciated his verve, his deft touch, and the fact that he made me want to consume what he had been concocting. This is a far better book than his sophomore effort, and makes me look forward all the more to his third publication. Can I have the cheque, please...?
1 of 1 people found the following review helpful
2.0 out of 5 stars
It Never Rains In Stanley Park,
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This review is from: Stanley Park (Paperback)
Stanley Park has gotten a great deal of praise for it's social relevance and writing. I'm not going to add to that. Frankly it strikes me as the work of a short story author who isn't comfortable writing in novel length. There's cleverness here, no question. His first restaurant, "The Monkey's Paw" for example is what he's wished for, but has turned into a curse. But there's also a failure to follow through on plot elements, a tendency to pad scenes with excerpts from the menus, and a distinct tinge of self-righteous arrogance. And frankly while the description of the financial woes of a failing restauranteur are excellent, the look at homelessness struck me as, at best superficial and the discussion of the underpinnings of the protagonists local food ideology wasn't much deeper.
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